a somewhat atypical
album to be put out by mike dog's label, as he seems lately to be more
interested in deep dub or more tribal sounding enterprises. but wait, drippy
with its creative use of interlocking tempos, definitely kicks a tribal groove.
and since it clocks in at a brisk (at least for banco) 135 b.p.m., it can't
really qualify even in the most ridiculous sense as ambient music. more like
transglobal or loop guru in a mellow moment. unfortunately, as this
well-established groove ends, there is nothing to keep it going. the b.p.m.s
stay mostly the same, but the groove mutates into a smooth jazziness that banco
really doesn't do a wonderful job of sustaining. luckily they lob some very
loose dub elements into it to achieve kind of a spaced-out, pink floyd instro
vibe. of course, getting orb-y this late in the ambient game can be a roll of
the dice. drunk as a monk
sounds like a polynesian war chant as heard through a steel oil drum, with art
of noise presiding over the proceedings. definitely worth checking out, or
checking out to...:)